When the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission rolled out thousands of police officer disciplinary records in a new public database nearly a year ago, it faced icy initial reactions.Errors in the records agitated leading police groups. One of the state’s largest police departments...
After years of traveling to Boston for a good gyro, Anisa Hoxha Luarasi and her husband, Redi Luarasi, decided last October it was time to bring a little slice of Greece to Worcester.The couple searched for months to find the perfect location, agreeing in January...
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Mindfulness YogaHOLYOKE – NAMI Western Massachusetts (The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Western Massachusetts) announces Mindfulness Yoga with Kateri’s Third Anniversary yoga series. This class is designed as a gentle, therapeutic yoga class with beginners in mind. It is easy-paced, helps reduce stress and...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Recent attention has been paid to the problem of uncertainty in training physicians. A study cited in a publication of the National Institutes of Health shows that uncertainty is one of the major stressors for medical students and practitioners. The...
WESTFIELD — Southwick resident Martha “Marti” Kane will lead a bird walk through the Frank Stanley Beveridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Aug. 17 during a day-long celebration of Stanley Park’s 75th anniversary.Kane’s walk kicks off the day’s events starting at 8 a.m. and includes a two-hour...
Dear Eric: I had a conversation with some pals and disclosed that I am biased against seriously overweight people. I am talking about people who are so overweight they must use scooters to get from their car to anywhere. They are so overweight they are...
Dear Annie: My son is soon to be 23 years old. He was two courses short of earning his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science when something bad happened. He would not tell me what. He fell apart and did not graduate.That was two...
“Next to Normal,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, had a highly acclaimed production at the Round House Theatre in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. Alan Paul, Barrington Stage’s artistic director, directed this production, which now comes to Barrington Stage Aug....
Dear Eric: For the past 10 years, my husband and I have enjoyed dining out with a couple of our friends, always splitting the check evenly.Recently, we embraced sobriety and no longer consume the expensive drinks that significantly add to the bill. Despite this, we...